LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Trustees at the University of Central Arkansas voted Friday to turn an investigation of a proposed $700,000 donation over to the school's internal audit office.

The board's move followed Interim President Tom Courtway's recommendation on how to look into a food services company's proposed donation that cost President Allen C. Meadors his job last week.

Meadors resigned after he failed to tell school trustees that the slated donation from Aramark, which would be used to renovate his university-owned house, was conditional on the renewal of the company's seven-year food service contract.

Meadors is the second school president in a row to leave amid controversy. Lu Hardin resigned in 2008 after a scandal erupted over bonus money he received from the university. He pleaded guilty to federal charges and is slated to be sentenced later this month.

On Friday, the trustees did away with their initial decision to appoint a five-person committee to look into the proposed donation. Instead, they directed the Office of Internal Audit to conduct an investigation and report back to them.

Meadors has apologized to trustees who said they weren't aware of the strings attached to what was deemed a "gift," but he has not spoken out since then.